Roman Barkov

General Roman Barkov (1961-2019) was a Russian general and war criminal who committed countless atrocities in the country of Urzikstan. Barkov was eventually killed by Farah Karim, the leader of the ULF, during an assault on his chlorine gas factory in Georgia.

Biography
Roman Barkov was born in 1961 in Russia. He eventually joined the Russian Army and rose to the rank of General. In the year 1999, he invaded the country of Urzikstan on the grounds of it being a "breeding ground for terrorists." Barkov captured Farah and Hadir Karim, two children who killed three of his men prior. Though impressed, he held the siblings as prisoners for the next ten years.

Karim
By 2009, Barkov's control of Urzikstan has become absolute. He claimed that he was bringing peace and order to an unstable region, though Barkov forced citizens to work as slave labor and had them listen to his propaganda about maintaining order. During this time, the Urzik militia commander known as Karim had become a thorn in his side, and sought to eliminate them.

Barkov had Hadir be brought to the prison warehouse and then proceeded to waterboard Farah in an attempt to find out if she was Karim. Farah remained defiant as she was tortured, refusing to reveal her identity as Karim. This resulted in a fellow prisoner, Azadeh al-Rasheed, being executed in front of her eyes.

Later, Barkov revealed to Farah that he knew she was Karim all along, rendering Azadeh's death to be in vain. Barkov began lecturing Farah, and then attempted to strangle Farah. He was interrupted by an attack on the base by the forces that Karim summoned, and proceeded to flee the base by helicopter.

Undermining
In 2019, Barkov unofficially separated his forces from the Russian Army, rendering in him being officially considered a rogue agent by Moscow. Unfortunately for the West, this did not mean that he was no longer a Russian general, and thus was off limits for assassination in an attempt to prevent war with Russia. On October 24th, one of his warehouses in the outskirts o